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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1958)
SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 1958 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PAGE 5 C 7W r ' W ! '4 V 4 l. v :- fnT yf; I . 1 j ti . v i , 1 J- . " s 1 j ",.-; ; .---- . ' , -I i . 2 , !? . i .! -.J..--JL.----.-'i. lronine is auicker if you use cir cular or curved motions instead of jerky back-and-forth strokes. Ford Trucks Last Longer on the FARM Sea your Farm Truck Headquarters BALSIGER MOTOR CO. ' Mai Esp. Ph. TU 4-3121 REEDERS SUPPLIES - FOR GROOMING AND SHOWING J trvtliM SNk CMNbt Sfcip M CtNlhmlq HMMWaicttH Uabt H TmI ami VettnWrr luttrwiwf. tH, V 9th & Main TU 2-3475 IT TOOK a lot of cooperative sheep to fill these bags of wool which were decked at the Great Northern Depot dur ing the week. The Klamath Wool Pool sold 14,000 fleeces last Thursday afternoon to Jones and Burke at San Fran cisco. The wool brought 40 cents per pound, which is slightly higher than the 40-cent price which has prevailed County Agent Reports Farm News Briefed From The County Agent Radio Programs By J. D. VERTREES Klamath County Agent Clover seed weevil is very prev alent throughout Klamath County. All clover fields swept within the last week have a dangerously high population. The stage of maturity on alsike blossoms is sucn mat control measures should be ap olied at least within the next week. The clover seed weevil adults lay eggs at this time of the year in the maturing seed pods of al sike clover. The eaas soon hatch and the young weevil larvae teed within the forming alsike seed Tcausing hollow, light seed, his, of course, seriously cuts down ine marketable yield of alsike clover. One pound of DDT or Toxa- phene applied as dust or spray is verv effective anuinst this pest. Spraying or dusting should be done preferably early in the morning or late in the evening when the pollinating bees are not present in the field. Lvous buss are also building up rapidly in the clover fields. This bug causes damage inrougn ii.s sucking action on the leaves and stems of the plants. Lygus bugs cause a reduction in seed yield and a large percentage ot flat, unmarketable seed. Lygus bugs can easily be con trolled and application should be , made within the next week. Con trol of both Lygus and seed weevil is possible at the same time. How ever, it is necessary to go to two pounds of Toxaphene per acre to control Lygus bugs which ot course will also control weevil. It is advisable to spray or dust alsike clover fields within the next week tor control of both seed wee vil and Lygus. Home gardeners will find that molhs of cutworms have been very "active during the recent warm niehts. Large egg masses can be found on the underside of leaves of leafy vegetable lops. As soon as these eggs hatch within the next few days, there will be a lot of damage from cutworm larvae. A thorough spray at this time throughout the garden with Malathion will prevent these young so far this year. However, the price has not reached the 55-cent level the wool growers got last year. In the above picture, Charley McCorkle, GN warehouse foreman, logs in some of the bags which flooded the depot following the sale. Photo by Kettler Oregon's Deer Picture (Continued from Page 4-C cutworms from developing. It will prevent any colonies of aphids and red spiders from building up. It is very important to spray the underside of leaf surfaces for con trol of these pests. Grass Tetany Under Study FORT ROCK An attempt to re duce losses from grass tetany in the Fort Rock area is underway at the R. A. i Rube) Long ranch. Dr. Mulh and Dr. Haag of the School of veterinary Medicine. Ore eon State College, took blood sam pics last week liom cattle in test and control groups. Long has been feeding magnesi um limestone to the test group .ind conditions in the control group are identical other than the ab sence of this supplement. This is the first year in the corrective pvnnriment. Samples ol blood nave ncen iuk i each vear since 1048 when Long lost seven head of cattle from gross tetany. He lost three in 1957. , . , The trouble is nearly identical with the so called 'wheat poison ing' that sometimes occurs from spring grazing on green wheat in thp nl.iins states. Stricken animals arc likely to die ouicklv without showing many advance symptons. Blood analysis rpvenhne de iciencics in magne sium and calcium seem to be the only preliminary warning that the animals are in danger. LARGEST TRUCK FORT PIERRE. S.D IL'PD Thi, Western Contracting Corp., Sioux Citv, Iowa, which holds the contract to close off the Oahe Dam here, has come up with a pro- totvne of the world s largesi im,.ir" The machine is an 80 cu bic yard monster with a box 46 feet by 15.5 feet. Its tires are 32 i in hv 3.1 The so-called "Euc- ni'c" was designed for the long hauls between tie sites ol valion and dumping. to withstand heavy hunting pres sure. The animals have a high re producive rate. This was very ap parent in Crook County which was closed during the 1957 hunter's choice season in order to encour age hunting farther to the east. Approximately 30 per cent icwer deer were found on the three main herd ranges following the 1956 season. After the closure last fall the herds increased nearly to the level of two years ago. Winter ranges recover slowly from overuse and experience em phasizes the need to continue a mangement not only benefits the ranges but will provide nuniers their proper share of deer being produced. When the hunter's choice season was proposed, Ihe problem of con trolling hunter distribution was recognized. To provide as much freedom as possible, few restric tions were placed on the choice of hunting areas, the Came Lorn mission realized that the more ac cessible ranees would be hunted heavily, thus requiring tulure con trols. The predictions were correct as hunters concentrated on the cen tral Oregon ranges near the cen ters of population. Areas easily reached bv road were hunted heavily in this section while coun ties farther to the cast had fewer participanls. The first change in volved delaying the central Ore- son hunter s choice season un til the middle of the week. Heavy hunting Dressuie continued despite the dclav. The area was ciosea in 1957 although the harvest ol somen antlerless deer would nave ueen desirable. To control hunting pressure on the basis of need, the commision is considering the unit system lor future deer hunting. Oregon has issued permits for taking antler less elk on the unit basis for sev eral years so most hunters are amiliar wiln mo program The same procedure would be used for deer. Those areas where tin. number of participants during the hunter's choice season needed controlling would be outlined with good boundaries. Hunters could app beforehand for a permit in a particular unit with all permits by drawing. The unit sys tem would not affect the buck season since hunters could go wherever they wished as before. However, possession of a permit for the particular unit as well as an unused deer tag would be nec essary to participate in the hunt er s choice season. Issuance of a large number of permits would be required to se cure the necessary Kin ot antler less deer. On the basis of past kill records, approximately a fourth of those issued permits would Kin bucks beforehand and be ineli gible to hunt in the unit areas. Nearly half of the actual partici pants would be unsuccessful. Con sidering the ineligible hunters and the expected success ratio, a kill of 34.000 antlerless deer similar to the 1957 take would require issu ing more than double that number of. permits. When we consider that over 150.000 deer hunters were eligible for the hunter's choice season last year, the issuance ot a large number of permits is justi ficd. An explanation of the unit sys lem has been offered to acquant sportsmen with the procedure. is one means of controlling hunter distribution during the hunter's choice season. Those interested will have an opportunity to discuss this and other proposals with the Commission at the time regula tions are set in July. Indian Tree Signs Can Still Be Found KENT. O. (UPI The old In dian sign still is on the face of America. The sign is the bent tree that marks the early Indian trail, ac cording to Davey tree experts. In dian custom was to bend saplings and fasten them in position, the bend indicating the route to be lol wed. Such trees may be seen through out much of America, including especially the Mississippi Valley the Great Smokies, the Poconos, and in Ohio, southern Illinois Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ken tur-kv and Texas. Surviving trees indicate the care the Indians took to merely bend the trees and not break them, as suring growth in the deformed po sition. 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